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Ein erhabenes Königreich by Yaa Gyasi

170 reviews

samgiraffes's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Beautiful and tragic story, really well researched and great pace. I didn't love it the same way I did Homegoing, but they're such different books that it's not really appropriate to compare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, and Colonisation

voraciouslycurious's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Be preparing to invest your time if you begin this book; slow going as main character struggle with painful past and depressed mother during frequent flashbacks to childhood.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Suicide attempt

nora__reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I knew this author was something special after reading her first book, but this one is even better. 

An in-depth interesting look at the relationship between religious belief and science and how they are not mutually exclusive. 

It’s also an exploration of the effects of racism on mental health, and how the trauma of experiencing racism affects different people in different ways. 

Also it has a pretty cover so there’s that too - read it!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide attempt

rosies_book_shelf's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

lucyduller's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I found this book to be so different than what I was expecting. It is so understated in a way that you only really see the whole picture by the end of the book. It tells stories we don't hear often, if not at all, and there is not necessarily a blatant lesson it is trying to teach you, which is really beautiful because not all books have to teach you lessons. Not every story ends with a beautiful arc and a happy ending, sometimes stories just need to be told because they are lived experiences you could never understand any other way. This book a look into the lives of a rather small circle of people, well one person, but Gyasi does so in such a thorough and intense way that it feels so intimate and personal, so detailed. And the time-changing and structure is really flawless. 

It truly is a beautifully tragic book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racial slurs and Abandonment

thebechdelbitch's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A really beautiful, if depressing, read. It started off so wonderfully, with sumptuous language exploring the relationships between faith and science, between depression and addiction and the heritage of trauma. I felt like it lost its way a little towards the end, and I really didn't like

the final chapter which included a look into the future and which revealed that Gifty has a semi-happy ending

 

Overall, I found this book to be a little disappointing; I felt like I'd read similar things in the past done to a better, fuller and more detailed final product. The one thing which sets this book apart is the religion versus science debates, and I felt like there was more room to speak about their specific incompatabilities. It was a nice, easy summer read, and I enjoyed it but I had really high expectations after the reviews I'd read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, and Suicide attempt

jahoythere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

stayathomereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infertility

Animal testing/experimentation

mendthecat's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide attempt

bekah445's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy